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Fortnite Came Back from its Black Hole With a Bang

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It’s been just over a week since Fortnite came back online following a two-day, black hole-induced hiatus. But the event, which ushered in the game’s eleventh season and its all-new redesigned map, was one of the biggest singular online gaming events to date — with more than 7 million concurrent viewers across Twitch, Twitter, and YouTube.

In an interview with The Verge, Epic Games stated that the black hole event, officially called “The End,” amassed record-breaking viewership on Twitter and Twitch.

On Twitch, more than 1.7 million people were viewing either the official Fortnite stream or streams from popular creators. That’s “the platform’s peak concurrent record on a single game category,” Epic says.

On Twitter, the black hole event was the “most viewed gaming event on Twitter, with 50.7 million minutes watched and 42.8 million views.” Epic says it peaked at 1.4 million concurrent viewers.

On YouTube, far and away the largest of the three platforms, Fortnite black hole viewership hit 4.3 million concurrent viewers across all channels. The company is not sharing how many players tuned in for the live event in-game, although that figure may be revealed at some point in the future.

While Fortnite’s return clocked in as one of the most viewed YouTube gaming events ever, it was far from the biggest live event on that platform. Live Coachella performances from Beyonce take that honor.


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Written by: Vipology Staff Writer

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